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Meaning of chador | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈtʃɑdɚ/

Definitions

A loose robe made from a single cloth, worn as a combination head covering, veil and shawl by chiefly Muslim women (and occasionally by those of other faiths) in Iran and South Asia.

Equivalents

العربية شَادُور
Čeština čádor
Deutsch Tschador
Ελληνικά τσαντόρ
Español chador
Suomi tšador
Français chador tchador
हिन्दी चादर
한국어 차도르
Nederlands chador
Polski czador czadra
Português xador
Русский чадра
Türkçe çador
Tiếng Việt chàng màng

Examples

“Holonym: hijab”
“The Commodities are infinite: […] Pintados, Chints and Chadors, Shashes and Girdles, Cannakens[…]”
“If those tablets were in Arabia, I'd put on a chador and burn my driver's licence and go there.”
“The first few times Dolly stepped out into the city, cloaked by a chaddar that impaired her vision, she intuitively grabbed Sekond Lal's hand.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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